Exactly that. VW are trying hard to catch up (along with all the other ICE manufacturers), but they are still way behind.
Are we being forced to go electric?
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They will all be American rather than British as we take off the little clips that allow you to leave the pump nozzle fuelling, and we don't do pay in advance like many US gas stations do.
I well remember the first time I hired a car in the US and went to fill it up. Just looking at the pump and wondering why the cashier wasn't switching it on...
"Sir - you need to pay for your fuel first".
Alex321
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If you actually watched the clip, most of them weren't American (though also not British). Where there were voices, they were speaking "foreign".
I suspect it happens quite a bit in those countries which do still have that clip, because people will leave it filling and go to the cashier, so they can pay as soon as it stops, then get distracted in the way back to the car, and forget they haven't removed it.
Well yes it does indicate some lack of planning! 
However I'd challenge "not possible". They're going to have to fit them sooner or later or they'll struggle to sell/rent those flats!
It’s going to be an interesting point but as all House holders in the estate pay a fee for upkeep of grounds etc , this would be an added cost and presume contract for maintenance. Don’t think I’ll be voting it in, not my problem !
However I'd challenge "not possible". They're going to have to fit them sooner or later or they'll struggle to sell/rent those flats!
It’s going to be an interesting point but as all House holders in the estate pay a fee for upkeep of grounds etc , this would be an added cost and presume contract for maintenance. Don’t think I’ll be voting it in, not my problem !
Chislenko
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Pay in advance at Costco in the UK and I think at quite a few petrol stations at night when they become"Pay At Machine " only.
cougie uk
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Well yes it does indicate some lack of planning!
However I'd challenge "not possible". They're going to have to fit them sooner or later or they'll struggle to sell/rent those flats!
It’s going to be an interesting point but as all House holders in the estate pay a fee for upkeep of grounds etc , this would be an added cost and presume contract for maintenance. Don’t think I’ll be voting it in, not my problem !
Might be in a few years though?
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Those aren't actually pay in advance, you are just authorising your card in advance. The payment isn't taken until you stop filling. It doesn't know in advance how much to charge unless you choose one of the preset amount options that some pumps have.
What @Alex321 said. In the US you have to actually give them the money. If you want a full tank you hand over $100 or whatever then get re-credited if you don't spend the $100. Totally different to here. But they do get the little catch that allows you to leave the pump uncontrollably filling your car whereas we decided that was dangerous.
vickster
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And even then the full amount that could have been charged will show as pending on CC (at least with Amex at local Tesco)
Richard A Thackeray
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0-60 MPH; 1.4 seconds (in 75 feet!!!)
0-100MPH; 2.6 seconds
0-145MPH; 4.9 seconds
1/4 mile; 8.35 seconds
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TptzkkbC1vE
cougie uk
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Someone needs to test it on our current icy conditions!
Richard A Thackeray
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What time would it post on the Top Gear Test-Track, or at the Nurburgring?
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Just a passing comment but I'd be a bit miffed were I driving to my local shopping centre...to find 3 of 4 charging points filled with cars...not actually on charge. One was a DPD e transit van , one i couldn't tell was even an ev, one was an ev but not on charge.
Its not as though the carpark was even anywhere near full.
Its not as though the carpark was even anywhere near full.
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